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mirror image

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈmirror ˌimage noun [countable]  1. REFLECTan image of something in which the right side appears on the left, and the left side appears on the right 镜像2 SAMEOPPOSITE/REVERSEsomething that is either very similar to something else or is the complete opposite of it 十分相似[完全相反]的事物mirror image of The situation is a mirror image of the one Republicans faced 25 years ago. 这个局面和25年前共和党所面临的情况如出一辙。
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mirror imageThe return journey was almost a mirror image of the outward one.The right hand half of each curve can be drawn as a mirror image.The history that Mr Gingrich teaches is a mirror image of what the left is advancing.Such a view is called into question by Jacques Lacan's understanding of the subject's relation to the mirror image.
ˈmirror ˌimage nounChineseSyllable
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mirror image
ˈmirror ˌimage noun [countable]
1. an image of something in which the right side appears on the left, and the left side appears on the right
2. something that is either very similar to something else or is the complete opposite of it
    mirror image of
    The situation is a mirror image of the one Republicans faced 25 years ago.


mirror imageBrE /ˌmɪrər ˈɪmɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪrər ˈɪmɪdʒ/ 🔊 nounan image of sth that is like a reflection of it, either because it is exactly the same or because the right side of the original object appears on the left and the left side appears on the right 镜像;映像;反像